Colombia: Implementing Good Governance

Colombia has undergone profound change over the last ten years and has made significant progress in implementing its governance agenda with policies that aim to strengthen its institutions and promote sustainable, inclusive growth in all regions of the country. The Public Governance Review therefore offers advice to help Colombia address its governance challenges effectively and efficiently over time. It provides an assessment and recommendations on how to improve its ability to set, steer, and implement multi-year national development strategy.

Overall, strategic agility in managing an efficient and effective public administration that delivers sound policy to citizens and business in support of the country’s security, growth and prosperity, are key to ensuring that Colombia’s government can deliver policy in a way that advances the country’s long-term development, cohesion, competitiveness and prosperity agenda.

Table of contents

Assessment and recommendations

Chapter 1. Contextual factors influencing governance in Colombia

Chapter 2. Centre-of-government co-ordination in Colombia

Chapter 3. Evidence-based decision making in Colombia

Chapter 4. Multi-level governance in Colombia

Chapter 5. Conclusion: Making governance reform happen in Colombia

Annex A. Strategic human resources management in the government of Colombia

Annex B. Public procurement in Colombia

Annex C. National development through the strategic use of ICT and government-on-line in Colombia

How to obtain this publication

Readers can access the full version of Colombia: Implementing Good Governance by choosing from the following options: